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    my experience with lexapro

    I'm on lexapro 5mg with about 10 days and I find it great. Ive started a new job and Im able to chat to people no problem without feeling nervous at all. I did feel nervous though (alot) when i had to do a group introduction but other than that all has been good with lexapro. I did feel a bit...
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    lexapro and low blood sugar

    I have type 1 diabetes and the last two days my blood sugar has been constantly low, its 2 days since ive taken lexapro - maybe its a coincidence or is it from the lexapro?? My doctor didnt mention this would happen as she was looking for the best medication I could take with diabetes. Has...
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    hard to smile

    when you feel nervous do you find it hard to smile?? like say i meet someone new and im nervous and if they say something funny and i have to smile i find it so hard sometimes - like my mouth is shaky and i just look plain 'freaked out' as someone told me before.
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    asking doc for medication?

    im going to doctor tomorrow and im wondering how to ask for medication for anxiety... this might seem like a dumb question but i kinda hate bringing up the subject with the doctor. How did ye go about it?
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    felt so confident :)

    yesterday i went for a job interview and before it I took 2 inderel tablets. Before the interview in the waiting room I was nervous but when I got in there all nerves went and I felt so confident in there - it felt soo great. Maybe it was the inderel tablets which took away my nerves and i felt...
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    go with the flow or block it?

    ive been thinking about this and is it better to say to yourself - ok im nervous now etc and maybe even tell people i feel nervous now, or is it better to block it and tell yourself your confident. The past few days ive been nervous about a particular thing coming up and so i said to my family i...
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    medication for nervousness?????

    I feel if i stopped the feelings of nervousness and shaking id be ok.. like if i know im not going to start shaking when talking to people id feel ok and could actually talk freely etc - has anyone taken medication like this thats non addictive??? i was on seroxat years ago and coming off them...
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    ever feel angry???

    I was in a shopping centre this evening and I was more anxious than usual for some reason. Anyway this woman was passing me and she just stared at me for no reason... all of a sudden I felt this really intense anger and I really felt like saying 'what the hell are you looking at?' But I knew if...
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    just had an anxious moment AGAIN

    My aunt just called me about a job in her office and that I should apply... Why did I get nervous on the phone and kinda mixed up my words a bit!!! Why is that and she was only trying to help me. Plus she noted I wouldn't be dealing with the public - she probably guessed that would be a...
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    obsessing about my looks

    Its driving me crazy - like today I was in the car and I kept checking my reflection and was checking to see whos looking at me. How do I stop this?? Its stressing me out and I hate the constant need to see if anyone is admiring me - and if they are I suppose I feel good about myself then and...
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    as good as it gets???

    im beginning to come to the conclusion, what ive got now, this is as good as it will get. Before it seemed like I was always waiting for my life to happen, Il get a better job, il go travelling, il get more confident, when i have all those things il be happy. But this is my life - NOW. I became...
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    pretty people

    does anyone feel that because they are pretty they are even more self conscious? you'd think it would be the other way around but not with me. I feel if people like how I look then I have to act great or they will not like me anymore. Even strangers on the street...... they might like how I look...
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    people from waterford?

    im new to this and im wondering if there was anyone from waterford or surrounding areas? ive never met anyone with sa and ive always tried to hide my sa - im not as bad as i was but its still there :( but i think it would be so good just to be yourself and not try to act how you feel others want...
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